graduate

graduate
graduate
1. transitive verb
graduer
2. intransitive verb
( = get diploma) ≈ obtenir sa licence (or son diplôme etc) ; (US) (from high school) ≈ obtenir son baccalauréat
• he graduated as an architect il a eu son diplôme d'architecte
3. noun
( = holder of diploma) ≈ licencié(e) m(f), ≈ diplômé(e) m(f)
4. adjective
[teacher, staff] ≈ diplômé
• graduate course études fpl de troisième cycle
• Graduate Record Examination (US University) examen d'entrée dans le second cycle
• graduate school (US) troisième cycle m d'université
• graduate student (US) étudiant(e) m(f) de troisième cycle
• graduate studies études fpl de troisième cycle
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✦ Lorsque graduate est un verbe, la fin se prononce comme eight : ˈgrædjʊeɪt ; lorsque c'est un nom ou un adjectif, elle se prononce comme it : ˈgrædjʊɪt.
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1. ['grædʒʊət]
noun University diplômé/-e m/f (in en; of, from de)

arts graduate — diplômé/-e m/f en lettres

2. ['grædʒʊət]
noun modifier [course, student] ≈ de troisième cycle
3. ['grædjʊˌeɪt]
transitive verb
1) US (give degree to) conférer un diplôme à [student]
2) Technology graduer [container, scale]
4. ['grædjʊˌeɪt]
intransitive verb
1) University terminer ses études (at ou from à); US School ≈ finir le lycée
2) (progress)

to graduate (from something) to — passer (de quelque chose) à

5.
graduated ['grædjʊˌeɪtɪd] past participle adjective [scale, system, tax] proportionnel/-elle

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